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Ellsworth Community School District

Ellsworth, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Brian Nadeau · #126 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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1,597

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,560

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Ellsworth Community School District is a public school district based in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, serving 1,597 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #126 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 32% of them. Its schools average 532 students each, more than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Brian Nadeau. It spends about $12,560 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Ellsworth Community compares

Ellsworth CommunityWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,560

Wisconsin median $12,911 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,111

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Students per school532

Wisconsin median 430 · 24% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor266

Wisconsin median 358 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$26.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 52%Local 40%

Measure	Ellsworth Community	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,560	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,111	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$23.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$26.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	116	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	232	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	266	358	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Wisconsin median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Brian Nadeau

Superintendent, Ellsworth Community School District

Source: Wisconsin DPI, School Directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in Wisconsin

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Denmark School DistrictDenmark	1,620	4	$12,167	15.0	#123
Brown Deer School DistrictBrown Deer	1,613	2	$14,962	13.8	#124
Jefferson School DistrictJefferson	1,612	5	$13,370	12.3	#125
Ellsworth Community School DistrictEllsworth · this district	1,597	3	$12,560	13.8	#126
Little Chute Area School DistrictLittle Chute	1,586	6	$11,567	14.3	#127

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Tunica School DistrictTunica, MS	1,598	$12,887	12.2
Haleyville CityHaleyville, AL	1,597	$10,594	14.9
Tuscumbia CityTuscumbia, AL	1,597	$10,850	15.1
Rochelle CCSD 231Rochelle, IL	1,597	$13,301	13.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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